William M. Fowler

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Dr. William M. Fowler is a professor of history and an author.

Fowler received his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He was a professor at Northeastern University before leaving to become the director of the Massachusetts Historic Society. He returned to Northeastern on 1 January, 2006 after eight years at the society. When he announced that he would leave the President of the Society, Amalie M. Kass, honored him for the positive changes that he accomplished during his tenure. Kass stated, “Bill Fowler brought our Society into a leadership role in the cultural and intellectual life of Boston, the state, and even the nation […] Dr. Fowler has kept this mission at the forefront of his work and we intend to go forward in that spirit."^[1]

Fowler also teaches at Mystic Seaport Museum and has lectured at the Smithsonian Institution, the United States Naval War College, St. John's Preparatory School, and the Sea Education Association. He is a trustee of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Association, The Paul Revere Memorial Association, and the Old North Church Foundation. He is also a member of the Massachusetts State Archives Advisory Commission and an honorary member of the Boston Marine Society, as well as a consulting editor to The New England Quarterly.

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William Ellery: A Rhode Island Politico and Lord of Admiralty (1973)
Rebels Under Sail: The Navy in the Revolution (1976)
Jack Tars and Commodores: The American Navy, 1783-1815 (1984)
Under Two Flags: The Navy in the Civil War (1990)
Silas Talbot Captain of the Old Ironsides (1995)
Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (1997)
Empires at War: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America, 1754-1763 (2005)
America and The Sea: Treasures from the collection of Mystic Seaport (co-author) (2005)